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Hi all, has anyone some thoughts on the pros and cons of raceline bikes. had one for years and it was excellent but it got stolen and no i have insurance money and am ready to buy a new one, am thinking of th raceline ultra comp or pro. If anyone has previously reviewed thes bikes id be grateful for any comment -- maguiver |
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"maguiver" wrote
Hi all, has anyone some thoughts on the pros and cons of racelines bikes. had one for years and it was excellent but it got stolen and now i have insurance money and am ready to buy a new one, am thinking of the raceline ultra comp or pro. If anyone has previously reviewed these bikes id be grateful for any comments Sorry, don't know any, so I'll be a prick and suggest google: http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...tra+comp&meta= hippy - it really is your friend |
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As much as I like to give credit to Aust based companies for a bike of the
level I Would prefer to see a far greater amount of R+D in a product. Raceline is a division of Apollo bicycle company and basically buy "off the shelf" frames from Taiwanese frame makers i.e. Giant, Merida ,Apro, Strong , etc. A larger company i.e. Specialized Kona Trek do more research into their product due solely to larger turnover higher budgets and more competitive markets. It really comes down to the little things as most of these bikes will be from similar manufacturers. I can't stress enough how important the shop is also. |
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"Bailes" wrote: A larger company i.e. Specialized Kona Trek do more research into their product due solely to larger turnover higher budgets and more competitive markets. I'd like to know how much of that research is technical and how much is marketing stuff. I suspect much more of the latter. -- Shane Stanley |
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Bailes Wrote: As much as I like to give credit to Aust based companies for a bike o the level I Would prefer to see a far greater amount of R+D in a product. Raceline is a division of Apollo bicycle company and basically buy "of the shelf" frames from Taiwanese frame makers i.e. Giant, Merida ,Apro Strong , etc. A larger company i.e. Specialized Kona Trek do more research int their product due solely to larger turnover higher budgets and mor competitive markets. It really comes down to the little things as most of thes bikes will be from similar manufacturers. I can't stress enough how importan the shop is also. You mean just like Pinarello (cheaper models), Wilier, Opera (cheape models), Bianchi, Cervelo (cheaper road models), Fondriest, Cannondal (who lie about it) and almost every other bike manufacturer under th sun? Criminal.. -- Roadie_scum |
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"Roadie_scum"
You mean just like Pinarello (cheaper models), Wilier, Opera (cheaper models), Bianchi, Cervelo (cheaper road models), Fondriest, Cannondale (who lie about it) and almost every other bike manufacturer under the sun? Yeah, these days it's almost like: assume the bike is made in Taiwan unless you can see it in the factory elsewhere or you're SuzyJ. hippy - apologies to any other home-builders I failed to credit :-) |
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Check out this link to Raceline's 2005 range. http://www.cyclelink.com.au/category766_1.htm I must say I quite like the look of the Ultra. Carbon seatstay, Easto full carbon fork, 10 speed ultegra. As far as I can tell, the official Raceline site hasn't been upgrade since 2003 -- ksl |
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hippy Wrote: Yeah, these days it's almost like: assume the bike is made in Taiwan unless you can see it in the factory elsewhere or you're SuzyJ. hippy - apologies to any other home-builders I failed to credit :-) My favourite is the frames that are painted in Europe but made i Taiwan (or worse - Taiwanese products are generally high quality). The then say 'made in (country in EU)' because the paint job costs more tha the frame - rule says if more than 50% of the manufacturing expense o the product is incurred in the country, it's OK. I'm looking at yo Bianchi, Fondriest, Eddy Merckxx.. -- Roadie_scum |
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"Roadie_scum"
My favourite is the frames that are painted in Europe but made in Taiwan (or worse - Taiwanese products are generally high quality). They then say 'made in (country in EU)' because the paint job costs more than the frame - rule says if more than 50% of the manufacturing expense of the product is incurred in the country, it's OK. I'm looking at you Bianchi, Fondriest, Eddy Merckxx... So I could score one of these cheap if I happened to be walking around parts of Asia any time soon? http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...s/sep26/clarus hippy |
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I use a Raceline Giro, and I do sometimes get looked down upon because it's a Raceline...people say that it's Taiwanese or whatever, even though their bike is too. It used to get to me, but now I'm pretty relaxed with it. It's a good bike, with a good groupset and components, and it was reasonably inexpensive for what it is, so I don't care all that much. It's a sexy looking bike, I think, and from a distance I wouldn't be able to tell any difference from a Cannondale... -- Etxy |
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